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Most Wins for Best Director

This list features directors that have won the most Best Director awards at the César Awards.

RANK

DIRECTOR

NOMINATIONS

WINS

FILMS

1

Roman Polanski

5

5

Tess (1979)

The Pianist (2002)

The Ghost Writer (2010)

Venus in Fur (2013)

An Officer and a Spy (2019)

2

Jacques Audiard

7

4

The Beat That My Heart Skipped (2005)

A Prophet (2009)

The Sisters Brothers (2018)

Emilia Pérez (2024)

3

Alan Resnais

8

2

Providence (1977)

Smoking/No Smoking (1993)

4

Bertrand Tavernier

7

2

Let Joy Reign Supreme (1975)

Capitaine Conan (1996)

5

Claude Sautet

4

2

A Heart in Winter (1992)

Nelly and Mr. Arnaud (1995)

6

Albert Dupontel

3

2

See You Up There (2017)

Bye Bye Morons (2020)

7

Abdellatif Kechiche

3

2

Games of Love and Chance (2004)

The Secret of the Grain (2007)

8

Jean-Jacques Annaud

2

2

Quest for Fire (1981)

The Bear (1988)

9

Dominik Moll

2

2

Harry, He’s Here to Help (2001)

The Night of the 12th (2023)


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References

Wikipedia. César Award for Best Director. Available at: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/C%C3%A9sar_Award_for_Best_Director (Accessed 1 December 2025).
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